Species Bacillus natronophilus

Name: Bacillus natronophilus Menes et al. 2020

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: na.tro.no’phi.lus. N.L. neut. n. natron, soda (arbitrarily derived from the Arabic n. natrun or natron); N.L. neut. n. natronum, pertaining to soda; N.L. masc. adj. suff. -philus, friend, loving; from Gr. masc. adj. philos, on; N.L. masc. adj. natronophilus, soda-loving

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: ba-KIL-lus na-tro-NO-p^hi-lus, masculine

Type strain: CGMCC 1.16739; JCM 32118; M30; MCC 3010

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16S rRNA gene: MG189964 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Menes RJ, Machin EV, Iriarte A, Langleib M. Bacillus natronophilus sp. nov., an alkaliphilic bacterium isolated from a soda lake. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:562-568. 🇺🇾

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 70, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:2167-2173.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym (and not recommended for medical use)

Correct name: Alteribacter natronophilus (Menes et al. 2020) Gupta et al. 2020

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Alteribacter natronophilus (Menes et al. 2020) Gupta et al. 2020	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- ❗ Bacillus natronophilus is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Bacillus.
- 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
- 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
- 🙅 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as a synonym of the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of other species in the genus.

Parent taxon: Bacillus Cohn 1872 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Menes RJ, Machin EV, Iriarte A, Langleib M. Bacillus natronophilus sp. nov., an alkaliphilic bacterium isolated from a soda lake. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:562-568. 🇺🇾

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Species Bacillus natronophilus